Mohamed Naceur Ammar opens Orange Tunisia's mobile application development center
20 December 2010
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Mohamed Naceur Ammar, Minister of Communication Technologies, opened Orange Tunisia's Mobile Application Development Center on Thursday, December 16, 2010, late in the afternoon.
This center will create applications that Tunisians (and foreigners) will use on their mobile phones, especially iPhones and Android phones.
A true first, Orange Tunisia was the first to take the initiative to create this pool of skills in Tunisia, said the minister in his speech. "The greats of this world, like Google, started with a simple idea. This type of application will allow Tunisians to shine both here and abroad."
Marwan Mabrouk, chairman of the board of Orange Tunisia, highlighted his company's commitment to promoting Tunisian engineering internationally through the creation of value-added services, fostering a new economy with strong employment potential.
Mr. Mabrouk recalled the importance of training students and content developers for smartphones, a significant vector for exporting Tunisian know-how. Orange Tunisia has already signed partnership agreements with major engineering schools to support the training of engineering students in mobile application development as part of their studies.
Thus, ENIT, ENSI, Sup’Com and Insat have enabled their students to integrate a new module of studies dedicated to the development of mobile applications.
In parallel, clubs have been created to supervise students within their schools.
Presenting the specificities of the center and this niche, Thierry Marigny, CEO of Orange Tunisia, presented figures that speak volumes about the potential to be exploited and the opportunities to be found by mastering application development. Currently, people spend between 80 and 90 minutes a day on a mobile application.
According to forecasts, there will be nearly 19 billion mobile applications worldwide in 2014, compared to less than 500 million in 2008. From this, we clearly see the need to develop applications for companies (and content creators) who will undoubtedly call upon specialized engineers. These engineers will simply be essential.
They are currently being trained in their universities and in Orange's development center. Better yet, the operator will cover the development costs of one hundred applications.
Published December 16, 2010
Posted online December 21, 2010
businessnews.com.tn
This center will create applications that Tunisians (and foreigners) will use on their mobile phones, especially iPhones and Android phones.
A true first, Orange Tunisia was the first to take the initiative to create this pool of skills in Tunisia, said the minister in his speech. "The greats of this world, like Google, started with a simple idea. This type of application will allow Tunisians to shine both here and abroad."
Marwan Mabrouk, chairman of the board of Orange Tunisia, highlighted his company's commitment to promoting Tunisian engineering internationally through the creation of value-added services, fostering a new economy with strong employment potential.
Mr. Mabrouk recalled the importance of training students and content developers for smartphones, a significant vector for exporting Tunisian know-how. Orange Tunisia has already signed partnership agreements with major engineering schools to support the training of engineering students in mobile application development as part of their studies.
Thus, ENIT, ENSI, Sup’Com and Insat have enabled their students to integrate a new module of studies dedicated to the development of mobile applications.
In parallel, clubs have been created to supervise students within their schools.
Presenting the specificities of the center and this niche, Thierry Marigny, CEO of Orange Tunisia, presented figures that speak volumes about the potential to be exploited and the opportunities to be found by mastering application development. Currently, people spend between 80 and 90 minutes a day on a mobile application.
According to forecasts, there will be nearly 19 billion mobile applications worldwide in 2014, compared to less than 500 million in 2008. From this, we clearly see the need to develop applications for companies (and content creators) who will undoubtedly call upon specialized engineers. These engineers will simply be essential.
They are currently being trained in their universities and in Orange's development center. Better yet, the operator will cover the development costs of one hundred applications.
Published December 16, 2010
Posted online December 21, 2010
businessnews.com.tn
